Laminated fabric for scouring devices, etc.



Aug. 25, 1925. 1,551,192

F. G. FEILER LAMINATED FABRIC FOR SCOURING DEVICESl ETC Filed Sept. 8. 1922 Patented Aug. 25,1925.

UNITED STATES lli'liTl-,N'T OFFICE.

FRED G. EEILER, OF IRVINGTON, NW JERSEY, .ASSIGNOB T0 SLIKUEL Ji BRAUN, OF

SYBACUSE, NEW YORK. p A .f

LAMINATED FAIBRlC FOR SCQ'U'BING DEVICES, ETC.

appucauen 'nea 'september e, 19221. serial no. 587,011.

To all 'whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that ll, FRED Gr. FEILER, a citizen of the United` States, and a resident of Irvington, county of Essex, State of New a Jersey, have invented an Improvement' in Laminated Fabrics for Securing Devices,

Etc., of which the following is a specification.

i The resent invention relates to metal lo wool fa ries adapted for use for scouring devices and for other uses.

The principal object of the invention is.

to provide an improved fabric, combining steel wool or its equivalentl with other fibrous material, which is adapted for use for scouring and for other uses.

Steel wool has been used for scouring aluminum or -other kitchen ware, but when used by itself it is unpleasant to hold in thel 2o hand because of its rough and prickly nature, and it is objectionable because short lengths of the fibre break oil' and l work loose from the mass. Steel wool alone is unsatisfactory for some uses because it willy not retain soap or water to any substantial extent and must be used either practically dr or must be frequently moistened.

he present invention provides an improved arrangement in which the fibrous material is combined with metal Wool in such a way that it serves to form a support or binding for the metal bres and a pro'ection for the hand'. The combination wit the metal wool of cotton or other fibre of a suitable nature serves also to ,retain both soap and water so that the scouring can be done as a wet operation. y

The nature and object of the invention will be betterunderstood from a description of a particular illustrative embodiment thereof, reference being had to the acco panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of material constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same, illustrating the manner in which the libres of the cotton or similar material and the metal wool are extended through the mass to hold the same together.

rlhe particular embodiment shown in the drawings, for the purpose of illustrating the principles of the invention, is a scouring pad having steel Wool combined with fibrous material. As shown, the steel wool is in the form of a relatively thin `layer 5 and is combined with a layer 6 of vegetable fibre or equivalent material in such a way that the two are united rather firmly to each other.

"fhe bre may be of a character to retain soa 'and water to facilitate wet scouring an is preferably loosely matted and s0 united to the steel wool that it serves at least partially to protect the hands of the user. Preferably the opposite side of the metal is protected `by a .brous binder as, for example, a' loosely woven fabric '7.

The three parts of-the pad are suitably secured together. This is preferably done by interengaging the" bres of the parts to form a bond therebetween. ln' the struc-v ture illustrated a number of fibres of the protective layer 6 extend into or through the metal layer andpreferably even through the fabric l-a er 7 as indicated at 8.l Similarly threa s of the steel wool extend through the fabric and form a bond between the steel wool and the fabric, as indicated at 9. This arrangement of the metal fibres accomplishes two pur oses; it binds to-A gether the metal and -abric and it causes the abrasive metal fibres to be presented upon the outer side ofthe fabric to provide an operative abrasive surface. In use other fibres of the metal wool gradually work through the fabric 7 and thus maintain the abrasive surface.

The described arrangement is produced effectively by arranging the material in layers as shown andthen by forcing forked needles through the material from the nbre side, (i. e. u wardly in the drawing). The fibres of the ayer 6 and also the fibres of the metal wool A5 are thus ushed throu hthe mass and through the abric 7 at su stantially a right angle to the plane of the material. This method of securmg the metal to the fabric presents apparent difficulties,

ome of the needles as pushed throught?T will generally en age both vegetable and mineral fibres, which together pass through the fabric and form a more effective bond than either the vegetable or the mineral fibres could alone effect.

The bond formed between the metal and the fabric by the metal fibres which are forced through the fabric is sufficiently effective to hold the metal and fabric in a substantially permanent sheet even if the Vegetable fibre 6 is omitted as is desired when the material is used for some purposes other than scouring. v 4

The fabric 7 may be omitted if the purposes for which the material is to be used are such that the fibre and metal wool will form a sufficiently durable sheet, andif the retention of the loose broken metal fibres by the fabric is not desired.

The material described can be easily manufactured with inexpensive machinery, since sheetsiof felted steel wool as well as felted fibre can be purchased as articles of commerce. It is to benoted that the manner of punching the fibres through the mass described leaves one side of the mass substantially free of any metal and reasonably smooth, while the other side presents an effective abrasive surface.

This specification defines the described material more particularly with regard to the one use mentioned, but the invention contemplates other uses of the material Where metal Wool in sheet form combined with a binder or protective surface of the character descrlbed is of value, and obviously the material is capable of numerous uses not herein mentioned.

`I claim as my invention:

1. A scouring device of the character described comprising a layer ofmetal wool scouringvmaterial, a protective layer of fibrous material on one side and a loosely woven fabric binder on the other side of said metal wool, fibres of the metal wool extending in loo s through the fabric binder and fibres of tie protective layer extending in loops through both the metal wol and the fabric binder to secure together the respective parts substantially as and for the purpose described. A

A device of the character described comprising a layer of metal wool, a protec- FRED G. FEILER. 

